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Fly News Breaks for September 14, 2018
ONDK, LC, ENVA, ELVT, WRLD, RM, FITB, USB
Sep 14, 2018 | 09:28 EDT
Stephens analyst Vincent Caintic attributes weakness in shares of subprime consumer lenders to news that U.S. Bancorp (USB) is re-entering the small dollar, high yield lending business after Fifth Third (FITB) re-entered two months ago. However, he views the OCC's push for banks to offer small dollar loans as a positive for online lenders and notes that the recent bank announcements are for loans yielding 40%-70%, which competes against products from Regional Management (RM) and World Acceptance (WRLD) but should not impact online lenders. Subprime online lenders include Enova (ENVA) and Elevate Credit (ELVT). Other publicly traded companies in the FinTech space include LendingClub (LC) and On Deck Capital (ONDK).